Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-08-24
WEREPREpARFf OR II.
PROCLAMATION OF tt s:AGUE Ex
PEcTED BY PAR .LlTES.
And Declare That tho ON of the Gov
ernment Has Benef tho Cause Of
Home Rule-Irish Pa in Mourning
What Rev. Reilly le Treasurer Of
the League in Amer Says.

What Rev. Reilly Treasurer OF
the League in Amer Says.
LONDON, Aug. 22.- proclamation by
the government of the National league
as dangerous assocj created very little
of the sensation amo. Jhe Gladstonian and
Parnellite members at the action of the
ministry was expectC o cause. The ParnelE
ties were prepared it and many Of them
unhesitatingly decls---d that the cause OF
home rule could MOI We been more benefited
by any action the lrnment could have de-
cided upon than b. adoption of the short
sighted policy it hosen. The proclama-
tion, they argue, not do much harm to
the league, since methods of that organ
ization enable it conduct its business with
secrecy and at same time with no de-
crease of effect, le the influence Of the
governments co 1--WE action upon the En-
glish electorate ,st result disastrously to
the Conservativ party. In short, great
many members ,lieve that in taking steps to
suppress the league, the Tory party has COM
mitted political suicide This, however, is
| not true, OF rather it can not be true if the
Unionists adhere to their alliance with the
government, and this they must do or fall
Assuming that the Unionists will consult
their own interests and stand by the ministry,
the only hors of the opposition lies in main
tanning policy of obstruction against the
estimates and endeavoring to force a dissolu-
tion. As dissolution is the last thing the
Unionists want to have forced upon them it
doesn't require very deep penetration to dis
cover grounds for predicting that they will
warmly espouse the governments cause dur
ing the remainder of the session. A Glad
stonian member said upon this subject Fri
day evening: -
"The climax of political strife has been
reached, and the Unionists. finding that the
country will not support them are determined
to maintain their selfish coalition with the
Tories in order to retain figment of power.
The proclamation of the league, which is
made under the sixth section of the coercion
bill asserts that "said association promotes
violence and intimidation" and declares that
the discovery of its tangible existence by or
dinary laws is like putting ones finger upon
a globule of mercury in hope of holding it
stationary, futile and mere waste Of time
Many Tories are of the opinion that the proc
lamation was withheld too long to be as eff
cacious as it ought to be, and openly express
their regret and dissatisfaction that it was
not issued Immediately after the royal assent
to the coercion bill made it possible for the
government to promulgate it.
The Standard applauds the governments
firmness in the matter Of the land bill, and
is surprised at Mr.. Chamberlain's attitude
"The only fitting answer to Parnell's
menaces," it says, lis that the government
will not fail in it's duty to protect life and
property in Ireland by free use of the pow
ers parliament has conferred upon it.
DUBLIN, Aug. 22.-The Freeman's Journal
says: The government felt the danger of
collapse through pure impotence Itdoes not
dare face an ineI table dissolution which
would wipe the di idents out of axistenoe
and sweep the goYe .ment itself from Office.
The Irish Times s. S: Law abiding Ireland
regards the step whit the government has
w. tress says: The government has
| acoou ua,s ..;gh grounds. The country will
indorse its action in declaring the league a
dangerous association,
Many Irish papers appeared with black
borders Friday evening. The announcement
of the proclamation was received quietly in
ireland. At Limerick twenty-six new MEM
bers Joined the league.